Pacific Ocean 8 April 2010 02.3092N 124.3091W
We had a pet boobie bird for 3 days and she’s left us. We had grown pretty attached to her. She camped out on the solar panel up on the radar arch, and was not afraid when we’d go back there to check fishing lines. Frank even tried to feed her some skipjack, but she seemed to prefer fresher fare – flying fish on the fly. I think she heard us talking about the need for Neptune sacrifices for our upcoming equator crossing, and she chickened out. She will be missed.
Last night was a wet night with mostly steady SE winds. But it was a steady wet, we’ve not yet seen the expected dark columns of gushing rain and chaotic winds. Today we had SW winds all day – a reasonable 10-15 knots, but still we’re beating upwind to cross the ITCZ. It’s too early to tell if we’re in the thin spot, but it’s looking very promising. We can almost taste the SE trades.
xoxomo